Re: Lexicons and Langauge Borrowing
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 19, 1999, 19:00 |
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Padrig Bryn yscrifef:
> I thought there was a distinction here between romantic love and, well,
> rut.
Harumph. You keep gumming this up, Padrig. Here it is again:
Inherited < Latin AMORE(M) Borrowed from Occitan
Occitan amor (pron. "amur") ---
"love, all senses"
French ameur (arch. & dial.) amour
"estrus, rut" "love, all senses"
Brithenig afur (pron. "avur") amur
"love, all senses" "romantic love (or
partner or event)"
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John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn.
You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn.
Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)